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J. T. QU-IGLEY FILE Filed July 24, 1920 s Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Feb. 12,1924.

UNITED STATES JOHN T. QUIGLEY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO COSTMETER COMPANY, 01 BOSTON, ILASSACHUSETTS A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

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Application filed July 24, 1920.' Serial No. 398,828.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I JOHN T. Qurener, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boston in, the county of Suffolk and State of li Iassachusetts'have invented an Improvement in Files, of which the follow ing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representin like parts.

his invention relates to filesof the class in which the sheets are arranged with their identification-receivin margin in overlapping relationship, an aims to improve the means for mounting the sheet to facilitate removal, replacement and reclassification of the latter, and to ensure accurate spacing and alignment of the sheets.

My invention will be best understood by reference to the following description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawin of one specific embodiment thereof, whi e its scope willbe more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a 'file exemplifying my invention, showing all of the sheets in an upstanding position;

Fig. 2 is an elevation similar to Fig. 1, but showing the lowermost sheet unfolded to expose its carrier;

' Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; I

Fi 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4 of Fig. 1; and

Fi 5 is a perspective view of-one of the s eet carriers on an enlarged scale.

Referring to the drawings, and to the em-- bodiment of my invention which I'have Selected for exemplification, I- have shown a file comprisin a series of sheets 10 arranged with their i entification-receiving margins in overlap ing relationshi In the example shown, eac sheet is folde and presents two leaves. Although this is notessential, it is preferred, first, because the capacity of each sheet is thereby increased, and, second, because of the greater convenience ,of attachment of the sheets to the sheet carriers presently to be described. In the construction shown, each sheet is folded precisely midway between its t%p and bottom edges, along the folding line B shown in Fig. 2, and the sheet is provided with a considerable number of perforations 11, herein two, each of which isintersected by thefolding line rier designated generally by the numeral 12 (see Fig. 5), having two parts 13 and 14 between which is a guide 15 for all the carriers. In the present embodiment, the part 13 is in the form of a bar of suitable sheet material, preferably .metal, bent to form a base 16, and two projecting lugs 17 received in the perforations 11, respectively, and provided with opening 18, in which the part 14 is received. The latter is preferably in the form of a bar which ma be a round wire, and this wire is prefera ly resilient, although this is not at allessential. The wire 14 is received within the fold of the sheet, while the base 16 of the bar 13 is without the fold, and the lugs 17 project through the perforations 11 to the inside of the fold, where they present openings 18 for the convenient introduction and removal of the wire (see Fig. 2) by a lengthwise sliding motion of the latter along the folding line B--B. The introduction of the wire is fa: cilitated by bending the ends'of the lugs 17, as at 19, parallel with the base 16, and by making the openings 18 in the form o f-elongated slots which are presented partly in the upstanding ortions of the lu s and partly in the latera ly bent ends of tie latter. In the case of a folding sheet such as herein exemplified, the vertical dimension of its perforations 11 (that is to say, in a direction perpendicular to its identification-receiving margins) is approximately equal to twice the width of the bar 13, so that when the sheet is folded, as represented at the bottom of Fig. 1, each perforation then presents in effect a perforation whose height is ap-.

roximately equal to the width of the bar.

uflicient clearance is rovided to permit the lugs to be introduced intoand withdrawn from the perforations with ease, and to permit turning of the sheet about the wire as a pivot, without interference between the edges of the erforations and the lugs. The sheets may e presented in an upstanding or a depending position, and may be turned to and fro from one of these positions to the other, and, moreover, each may be unrecording and inspection.

moved-from its place by unfolding the same follows that the sheet carriers with-their attached. sheets can be moved up and down the guide 15 by a sliding motion along the atter. Any sheet may be conveniently reto expose its wire, which is then withdrawn, thus freeing the sheet and allowing the latter to be removed from the lugs. The sheet and its carrier may be reinserted in the same place, or at another point, by simply sliding the sheet carriers and sheets along the guide, and making a space at the desired point, whereby the bar is placed be-.

hind the guide'and brought forward until its lugs project forward from the front of the guide. The sheet may now be placed upon the lugs with the latter received in the perforations. in the sheet, and finally the Wire may be inserted in its place and the sheet then folded- T If a sheet carrier from which a sheet has been removed in the manner above described, be left in-its place, the absence of such sheet will be indicated by the exposure of twice the normal amount of the'identification receiving margin of the next adjacent sheet. If it is desired that this indication should remain for some time, the wireof such carrier should bereinserted in its bar immediatel after the sheet is removed therefrom. I

The operation of removing a given sheet from its carrier and replacing the same thereon is facilitated; by the provision of a back plate in the form of a panel 20, which I prefer to employ in association with the guide 15. This plate presents an abutment against which the bases 16 of the bars 13 may rest. Preferably, the guide 15is so related to the back plate as to be movable toward and'from the latter. One convenient Way of accomplishing this is to make the guide of thin and preferably resilient sheet metal, having its terminal portions suitably attached to the plate 20 as by a screw 21 at the top and rivets 22 at the bot tom. In the present example, the upper edge of the plate 20 (see Fig. 4) is rolled about a rod 23, which may provide a con venientmeans for supporting the panel, and the screw 21 maybe threaded into this rod, While the lower edge of the plate may be bent upon itself to present a front wall '24 and a pocket 25 behind the latter. The

lower end of the guide 15 is extended into this pocket, and is bent at or about a bar 26 also received in the pocket. The rivets 22 extend through the several thicknesses of metal thus presented, and firmly secure them together. The pocket 25 may present a convenient holder foria label which may be viewed through. an aperture 27 best shown at the, bottom 'of holder, however, having nothing to dowith my present invention. Reverting for amoment to the upper end of the guide 15, the

latter is wrapped part way about the rod 23, and the upper edge of the plate 20, as clearly shown in the upper portion of Fig. 4, andI prefer to employ a sheet metal clip 28,. which, in turn, is wrapped about the terminal ortion of the guide 15, and assists in ho iding' the latter in place, said clip being perforated to receive the screw 21.-

in Fig. 3, between which and the edges of the sheets j'ust'suflicient clearance is allowed to cause the guides to maintain the alignment of the sheets while still permitting them to slide freelyi up and down, and to turn, about theirhinges. The operation of the file should be apparent without further description, except Fig. 1, this labelto add that since the guide 15 is flexible. 5

it may be pressed toward the back plate 20 during the attachment ofa sheet to its carrier, thus permitting the sheet to be pressed backward correspondingly to facilitate' the introduction of the wire through the openings in the lugs. When the sheet is released, the guide will spring forward to its normal position. The flexibility of the guide is advantageous for the further reason that it facilitates removal and replacement of the bars. Preferably, the height of the lugs 17 is somewhat greater than the normal distance between the guide and the back plate. ever, may be increased at will by simply springing the guide forward a sufiicient amount to allowthe lugs topass between thrifguide and the'back plate.

This distance, howaving thus described one embodiment a series of sheet-carriers main- 2. In a file, the combination ofa series of v overlapping sheets provided with perfora carriers, extending between the two parts ofeach intermediate said projections.

3. In a file, the combination of a series of overlapping sheets provided with perforations, a series of sheet-carriers, maintaining the minimum overla of said sheets, each sheet-carrier comprising two parts,one having projections extending through said perforations and provided with openings, and the other extending through said openings,

and a support for said sheet-carriers, ex

tending between the twopartsofeach intermediate said openings. a

4. In a file, the combination of a series of overlapping sheets provided with perforations, a series of sheet-carriers maintaining the minimum overlap of said sheets, each sheet-carrier comprising two parts, one having projections extending through said perforations and provided with openings, and

the other extending through said openings,

a support for said'sheet-carriers, presenting a part extending between the two parts of each sheet-carrier intermediate. said openings, and means to prevent accidental escape of the one part of-each said sheet-carrier from the, openings of the other.

In testimonywhereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

I JOHN T. QUIGLE'Y. 

